Gösta Gärdin
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Gösta Gärdin in 1940 | ||||||||||
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| Born |
28 May 1923 Linköping, Sweden | |||||||||
| Died | 12 December 2015 (aged 92)[1] | |||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||
| Club | A6 IF, Jönköping | |||||||||
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Gösta Gärdin (28 May 1923 – 12 December 2015) was a Swedish modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] He was a member of the Swedish Olympic committee 1984-1996.[1]
In his military career, he was an artillery officer. He served King Gustav VI Adolf as personal assistant 1965-69.[3] He was head of the Royal Military College Karlberg in 1969[4] and commanded the Småland artillery regiment (A6) from 1973-1976.[5][6]
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- 1 2 "Gösta Gärdin". Swedish Olympic Committee. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ↑ "Gösta Gärdin". Sports-reference.com.
- ↑ "Vem är Det: Svensk biografisk handbok. 1985. p. 411.".
- ↑ "Statskalender 1972".
- ↑ "Friends of A6 history".
- ↑ Linderstam, Gunnar (1985). Glimtar ur ett regementes liv under 90 år. Jönköping: Smålands artilleriregemente. Libris 7666787. ISBN 91-7810-240-5
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